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Old Nov 14, 2021 | 02:50 PM
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Hello all . just some brain picking . my truck broke again . I replaced the pcm timing gears and chain and the broken flexplate . and well the flexplate broke again . it lasted about 3 weeks . any idea what could be making it break so soon ? Thanks for any input .. Rob
 
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Old Nov 14, 2021 | 04:23 PM
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Holy cow, that's a lot of problems. Why did you replace PCM?
 
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Old Nov 14, 2021 | 07:38 PM
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Hello all . just some brain picking . my truck broke again . I replaced the pcm timing gears and chain and the broken flexplate . and well the flexplate broke again . it lasted about 3 weeks . any idea what could be making it break so soon ? Thanks for any input .. Rob

over torquing can cause a lot of problems
 
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Old Nov 14, 2021 | 08:11 PM
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Are the support braces on the transmission?
 
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Old Nov 14, 2021 | 08:53 PM
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You shouldn't be breaking flexplates like that. (yeah, no sh*t sherlock.....) Do you have the correct bolts in it? (maybe someone changed it previously?) Torqued properly? Torque converter bolts torqued properly? T/C spin freely while the engine isn't attached?
 
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